Protective device for banks



' Sept. 28 1926. 1,601,685

. E. C. FUQUA PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR BANKS Filed Feb. 20. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 flaf ugaa/ INVENTOR ATTORNEY Sept. 28 1926.

E. c, FUQUA PROTECTIVE-DEVICE FOR BANKS "Fiiiaweb. 20, 1925 EdF Zm INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

UNETED STATES EDWARD C. FUQUA, OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR BANKS.

Application filed February 20, 1925.

This invention relates to protective devices for banks, and is more particularly adapted for cashier windows and the like.

Its primary object is to provide a protective device having foldable shielding means, whereby said means can be positioned to take up a minimum amount of space when arranged in an inoperative position.

A further object is to provide a window protecting device for banks and the like that can be associated with a plurality of windows and operated in a manner whereby all the windows can be shielded simultaneously.

A still further object is to provide protective means associated with the shields so that persons who should have their hands come in contact with the shields after they are arranged to operative position may withdraw them without injury thereto. 1

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described. illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a view showing the application of the device forming the subject matter of the present invention, with the device in inoperative position.

Figure 2 shows the device in operative position.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of- Figure 1.

Figure A is a sectional view taken on line l-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a detail view showing a portion of the foldable shields.

Referring to the drawings in detail the letter A indicates a set of windows which are ordinarily used in banks and the like, and secured at their ends to traverse the windows are a pair of parallel arranged rods 1 and 2 respectively upon which are slidably mounted the shields 3 which are formed in sections 4L hingedly secured together as at 5. Bearing members 6 are fixed to the respective sections of the shield and through which pass the rods 1 and 2 as clearly shown in Figure 5 of the draw ings. One of said bearing members 6 has Serial No. 10,625.

passing therethrough a set screw whereby these particular sections of the shields are fixed to the rods.

As shown in the drawings the shields are disposed in sets of three each, thrce windows being shown, however any number may be used depending of course upon the windows to be shielded at any one time. Secured to each free end section of each of the set of shields is an eyed member 7 which is fixed to the cable 8 and from this it will be apparent that upon movement of the cable the respective sections of the shield will be moved likewise.

One end of the cable 8 is secured to a spring motor 9 and is thence trained about a'pulley 10 from which extends a stud 11 arranged in the path of a latch 12 which is pivoted midway its ends to a bracket 13. A link 14 is pivotally secured to the latch 12 and passes through a switch box the structure of which will be presently described. A coil spring 15 has its end convolutions secured to the bracket 13 and to an adjustable member 16 secured to the link 14, the coil spring tending to hold the latch 12 in contact with the stud as shown. A crank rod 17 is secured through the medium of bearing blocks 18 in a manner whereby movement of said crank rod will cause a downward movement of the link 14, the link being pivotally secured thereto for that purpose. The cranked portions 19 of the crank rod being normally arranged in a vertical position whereby they can be engaged by the feet of an operator of the device for setting the same in motion.

A weight 20 is secured to the opposite end of the cable which is trained about a pulley 21 disposed in parallelism with the pulley 10 above referred to. Arranged between the weighted end of the cable 8 and the pulley 21 there is a pulley 22 upon the periphery of which is provided a groove 23 within which the cable 8 is disposed in loop formation to provide the necessary friction for winding the cable against the tension of the spring motor 9 through the medium of the crank handle 24 as clearly shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. The pulley 22 is formed with a rack 25 adapted to be engaged with diametrically oppositely disposed studs 26 extending from the inner portion of the crank handle 24 which is retained normally out of engagement with the rack through the medium of a coil spring 27 The switch box which is indicated by the reference numeral 28 has passing there through the link 14 above referred to and fixed for adjustable movement on this link is a contact member 29 which is adapted to engage with the contact member 30 when the link is in its lowermost position. The link being in wiping engagement with a contact member 31 fixed to the top of the switch box to provide an electric connection between these respective parts. The switch box is in circuit with an alarm which as shown is in the nature of a bell to be disposed exteriorly of the building to which the protective devices is adapted to be installed. It will be obvious that when the link 14 is in its lowermost position the bell will be caused to ring in view of the fact that the circuit will then be closed by the respective contact members 29 and 30 being arranged in engagement.

With a view of protecting a cashier who may have his hands pass through a window when the shield has been moved to operative position, a recess 32 is formed in one section of the shields whereby the hand may be removed without injury thereto. These recesses are covered with felt or like material 33 of the same color as the shields so that they can not be detected when the shields are closed as shown in Figure 2.

From the above description and drawings it will be readily apparent that the opera tion of the device is extremely simple and may be briefly described as follows Upon pressure exerted upon the crank portion 19 of the crank rod 17 the link 14 will be caused to be moved in a downward direction to disengage the latch 12 from the stud 11 of the pulley 10. VVhen the pulley 10 is released, the spring motor will wrap the cable 8 thereabout with the result that said cable which is secured to one section of each of the shields 3, will move the shields to operative position as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings. Upon further pressure upon the crank portions 19 the contact members 29 and 30 will be engaged and thereby put the alarm into operation. The pulley 22 upon which the cable 8 is wrapped in loop formation, is adapted to move the protective device to inoperative position or as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, and for this purpose the crank handle 24 is fixed thereto in the manner as set forth and upon movement of said crank handle the cable will be moved in a manner to bring the weight 20 together with the shields in their normal position.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A protective device of the character described, comprising a plurality of shields formed in sectional formation whereby they can be folded, a pair of parallel arranged rods secured to one of the sections, a cable fixed to one section of each shield for moving said shields to either an open or folded position, a spring motor securely receiving one of said cables, a plurality of pulleys over which said cable is trained, a stud projecting laterally from one of said pulleys, a latch associated with said stud, a spring controlled link pivotally secured to the latch, a crank rod fixed to the lower end of said link and being disposed in such a manner whereby partial rotary movement of said crank rod will throw the latch out of engagement with the stud and put the spring motor into motion to wrap the cable thereabout whereby the shields will be moved to operative position, a weight secured to the opposite end of said cable and a grooved pulley receiving said cable in a manner whereby movement of said grooved pulley in one direction will move the shields to inoperative position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD O. FUQUA. 

